Wellman Hall

Room 216

Saturday, October 22, 2005

The Eleventh Bay Area Discrete Math Day (BAD Math Day) will take
place on
the campus of UC Davis, Saturday, October 22, 2005
between 10:00am and 6:00pm. All talks will be held in
room 216 in Wellman Hall.

BAD Math Days are
one-day meetings aimed at facilitating communication between
researchers and graduate students of discrete mathematics around the
San Francisco Bay Area. These days happen twice a year and strive to
create an informal atmosphere to talk about discrete mathematics. The
term "discrete mathematics" is chosen to include at least the
following topics: Algebraic and Enumerative Combinatorics, Discrete
Geometry, Graph Theory, Coding and Design Theory, Combinatorial
Aspects of Computational Algebra and Geometry, Combinatorial
Optimization, Probabilistic Combinatorics, and Combinatorics in
Mathematical Physics.

Schedule

Click on talk titles for abstracts; click on speaker names for speaker
homepages.

Food

Lunch will be provided for free (IF you RSVP'd!!) on-site, in the student
lounge of 102 Wellman.
(This is also where coffee/tea are held.)
Dinner will be held at
Hunan, 508 2nd St #104, Davis, CA 95616; 530-753-5174.
(See
map
.
Go up the steps as though
going into the Golden 1 Credit Union; corner of 2nd+D.)
Dinner will cost approximately $13 for students and $20 for others, plus
beverages will be paid SEPARATELY.
(It is imperative you RSVP if you are coming to dinner so we can
give the restaurant an accurate head count and avoid extra charges.)

Directions and parking

Parking lot instructions and directions to BAD Math:
To get from the parking lot (14 or 15) to BAD Math Day, see this
map
.
Walk south (continuing on California Ave) past the traffic circle.
You will see signs for Kerr Hall and Wellman Hall on your left.
Wellman Hall is
pictured
here. (If you have parked in Lot 25, walk east to the traffic
circle at California Ave, and turn right. Wellman is on your left.)
Talks are in 216 Wellman (2nd floor, East side of building).
Refreshments are in 102 Wellman (1st floor, West side of building).

Taking public transit to BAD Math Day

It is possible to take public transit to UCD on BAD Math Day.
The
Amtrak
train has a
station in Davis
. See the Amtrak website for schedules and the station
nearest you (there is a station in
Richmond
which is
BART
accessible.)
(One can check train status at 1-800-USA-RAIL (1-800-872-7245) as well,
most easily if you remember the train number, e.g. 526.)
The train ride from Richmond is roughly 90 minutes.
Walking from the train to campus:
From the train station, located at 840 2nd St., walk west down 2nd street.
You'll pass G, F, ... , eventually A Street. Then you will hit campus.
If you continue in pretty much a straight line, you will reach Wellman Hall.
(En route you will pass the Quad on your left and Memorial Union on your right, just before Wellman.)
Allow 15 minutes for the walk.

Driving:

From SF or the East Bay:
Directions to Parking Lots 15/14:
(See
map
.)
Get on Interstate 80 East.
Exit on Richards Blvd, and go North (right).
This turns into E Street. Go 5 blocks north on E (crossing 1st, 2nd, ...).
Make a left (West) on 5th Street, which changes name to Russel Blvd.
Turn left on California Ave.
(There is no light here, but it is just after Howard and Oak, which do
have lights.
In fact, it is OK if you turn left on Howard and enter Lot 14/15 from the
east.) Lot 14 will be on your left, after the soccer field, and adjacent to Lot 15 (which you may also park in).
Allow at least 90 minutes from the end of the Bay Bridge to UCD.

(Alternate directions to Visitor Parking Lot 25:
(See
map
.)
Drive on Interstate 80 East.
Just before Davis turn north on Highway 113 north
(note that 113 south is almost 5 miles west of 113 north).
Take Highway 113 north a short distance to its first exit at Hutchison Drive.
Turn right on Hutchison. Drive (east) about 1/2 mile on Hutchison until La Rue.
Left on La Rue maybe 1/4 mile and turn right on Orchard Park;
drive into Visitor's Parking Lot VP 25. However, as there is another
campus event going on, we recommend the above directions to Lot 14.)

From Santa Clara Valley (from Palo Alto and
San Jose):
One can take 101 North to the 80 East/Bay Bridge and follow the directions
above. However, because of bridge construction, you should consider taking
the 84 or 92 East across the Bay, then the 880 North, connecting to
80 East (which coincides momentarily with 580 West!).

Probably
you should carpool; please e-mail Monica Vazirani (vazirani@math.ucdavis.edu)
if
you're interested in doing so and you don't have a natural group to go
with.